Posts Tagged ‘The GIrl’

I watched PITCH PERFECT three times this weekend. I feel like Mr. Rooney (NIIIINE TIIIMES!) Anyway, the triple-view was necessary because the first watch, I missed the beginning (seven whole minutes, but still) and the second watch, I caught only the end so the third was a requirement, a commitment, really, to watching the movie in its entirety. Again. And with every watch, I still laughed at the same bits just as hard as the first and second times (Acca-scuse me?) So,…why?

Why did a movie that essentially rode the coattails of GLEE while simultaneously bagging on GLEE (see Riff-off category “Songs Glee Ruined”) entertain me so wholeheartedly, so many times? Because it’s entertaining. Anna Kendrick can act, even when she’s doing her best Kristen Stewart hardcore hipster chick shtick. And she can sing! And play with cups! The funny parts were funny and the musical parts were fun and Elizabeth Banks with John Michael Higgins (“The Sockapellas, everyone – proving that for some, it does not get better” – Acca-awesome) made me long for a BEST OF SHOW 2 starring the both of them.

I also need background noise while I write (Stephen King would be so disappointed in me) and I was trying to knock out this book four, so something that I was now painfully, quickly familiar with offered the white noise without too much distraction.

So the conclusion after my weekend-long binge of mouth instrument entertainment? I want more Anna Kendrick. And Anna Camp. And Brittany Snow. And Rebel Wilson, though I think we’ll get more of her and Anna 1 without any further requests; both shined bright in this flick. So yeah, a year-late review of a movie already lauded. Acca-deal with it.

I kinda feel like I should add some “It’s great to be back!” line here. It is, I’m excited about this, I missed this, but this is about as girly as I’ll get about it.